Hebrew noun (feminine) · H4241
מִחְיָה
michyahmikh-yaw'
recovery
8 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: michyâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4241is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 8spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4241
preservation of life; hence, sustenance; also the live flesh, i.e. the quick
The King James renders it: preserve life, quick, recover selves, reviving, sustenance, victuals.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
michyah is rendered "recovery". It stands 8 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Two of the uses stand in Leviticus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 45:5And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.
Genesis 45:5לְמִֽחְיָ֔ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's eight uses are in Leviticus.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- reviving2
- and a raw spot of1
- and sustenance your1
- for preservation of life1
- preservation1
- raw spot of1
- sustenance1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וּמִֽחְיַ֛ת1
- וּמִחְיָתֶ֑ךָ1
- לְמִֽחְיָ֔ה1
- מִֽחְיָה֙1
- מִֽחְיָ֔ה1
- מִֽחְיָ֥ה1
- מִֽחְיָ֗ה1
- מִֽחְיַ֣ת1
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular4HNcfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncfsc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HC/Ncfsc/Sp2ms
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcfsc
- preposition + noun · feminine singular1HR/Ncfsa
Genesis
one use
And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.
- לְמִֽחְיָ֔הlemichyahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: for preservation of life
Leviticus
two uses
The priest will examine him, and if there is a white swelling on the skin that has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the swelling,
- וּמִֽחְיַ֛תumichyatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and a raw spot of
When there is a burn on someone’s skin and the raw area of the burn becomes reddish-white or white,
- מִֽחְיַ֣תmichyatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: raw spot of
Judges
two uses
encamping against them as far as Gaza and destroying the produce of the land. They left Israel with no sustenance, neither sheep nor oxen nor donkeys.
- מִֽחְיָה֙michyahnoun · feminine singulartagged: sustenance
“Stay with me,” Micah said to him, “and be my father and priest, and I will give you ten shekels of silver per year, a suit of clothes, and your provisions.” So the Levite went in
- וּמִחְיָתֶ֑ךָumichyatekhaconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and sustenance your
2 Chronicles
one use
Then Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell and could not recover, for they were crushed before the LORD and His army. So the people of Judah carried off a great amount of plunder
- מִֽחְיָ֔הmichyahnoun · feminine singulartagged: preservation
Ezra
two uses
But now, for a brief moment, grace has come from the LORD our God to preserve for us a remnant and to give us a stake in His holy place. Even in our bondage, our God has given us new life and light to our eyes.
- מִֽחְיָ֥הmichyahnoun · feminine singulartagged: reviving
Though we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but He has extended to us grace in the sight of the kings of Persia, giving us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and giving us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.
- מִֽחְיָ֗הmichyahnoun · feminine singulartagged: reviving
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.